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Follow our how-to guide:

Organising a litter-picking event in your community? Just follow our check-list to find out how:

Think of a grot-spot: It could be a village green, your local park or another public area. Please just make sure you have legal access to the site.

Contact us for support: We can supply litter-picking kits on a first-come, first served basis and provide you with a risk assessment. Phone 01327 871100 to reserve the kit.

Have fun on the day: Litter-picks can be a great way to get to know other members of your community. Inform and instruct volunteers before you start and make sure everyone is aware of the health and safety risks identified in the risk assessment.

Bag it and leave it: If you've followed step 2 you will have agreed with us a suitable location to leave the rubbish you collect so it can be picked up by our waste and recycling contractor. Simply leave it there in a neat pile and it will be taken away and disposed of.

Additional information for litter pickers

As a voluntary litter picker utilising kit provided by the Council, your wellbeing is important and you must understand that while you are litter picking you are doing this at your own risk and are not covered as an employee of the Council and therefore, are not covered under its insurance.

About risk assessments

If you would like to arrange a Community Clean Up, we advise that you carry out a risk assessment. To help with this we provide this Risk Assessment Form

Disclaimer: Volunteers should not participate in litter picks unless they understand and accept that participation is entirely at their own risk. Volunteers are not working for, or on behalf of Daventry District Council and therefore the Council cannot be held liable for any loss, damage or injury caused as a result of the actions and omissions of volunteers.